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Mandrake alert: Updated kernel packages fix multiple vulnerabilities

Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and fixed in the Linux kernel.

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Mandrake Linux Security Update Advisory
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Package name: kernel
Advisory ID: MDKSA-2003:066-1
Date: July 21st, 2003
Original Advisory Date: June 11th, 2003
Affected versions: 9.1
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Problem Description:
Multiple vulnerabilities were discovered and fixed in the Linux kernel.
* CAN-2003-0001: Multiple ethernet network card drivers do not pad
frames with null bytes which allows remote attackers to obtain
information from previous packets or kernel memory by using
special malformed packets.
* CAN-2003-0244: The route cache implementation in the 2.4 kernel and
the Netfilter IP conntrack module allows remote attackers to cause a
Denial of Service (DoS) via CPU consumption due to packets with
forged source addresses that cause a large number of hash table
collisions related to the PREROUTING chain.
* CAN-2003-0246: The ioperm implementation in 2.4.20 and earlier
kernels does not properly restrict privileges, which allows local
users to gain read or write access to certain I/O ports.
* CAN-2003-0247: A vulnerability in the TTY layer of the 2.4 kernel
allows attackers to cause a kernel oops resulting in a DoS.
* CAN-2003-0248: The mxcsr code in the 2.4 kernel allows attackers to
modify CPU state registers via a malformed address.
As well, a number of bug fixes were made in the 9.1 kernel including:
* Support for more machines that did not work with APIC
* Audigy2 support
* New/updated modules: prims25, adiusbadsl, thinkpad, ieee1394,
orinoco, via-rhine,
* Fixed SiS IOAPIC
* IRQ balancing has been fixed for SMP
* Updates to ext3
* The previous ptrace fix has been redone to work better
MandrakeSoft encourages all users to upgrade to these new kernels.
Updated kernels will be available shortly for other supported platforms
and architectures.
For full instructions on how to properly upgrade your kernel, please
review http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php.
Update:
These new packages fix some bugs with compiling kernels using xconfig
and also fix problems with XFS ACLs not being present in the kernel.
Problems with ipsec have also been corrected. A problem with gdb not
working on systems where XFS was used for the root filesystem has also
been corrected. They also address CAN-2003-0476: A file read race
existed in the execve() system call.
9.1/PPC kernels are now also available.
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References:
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0001http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0244http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0246http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0247http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0248http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CAN-2003-0476http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=105664924024009&w=2
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Updated Packages:
Mandrake Linux 9.1:
de26b46560fd8c94f198201bb8d9d64a 9.1/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
26aa70b3cda0ec6a01e4beba8b2dcf52 9.1/RPMS/kernel-BOOT-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
7bb22382a913e4c68a8ecbc3bd5ab68b 9.1/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.4.21-0.24mdk.i586.rpm
0fa207b6d896878a88fb13b2dad0c47e 9.1/RPMS/kernel-enterprise-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
d5ea0fa59457a2751c48f2442e14e463 9.1/RPMS/kernel-secure-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
eef8908074ce54a62c267f313e4cb166 9.1/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm
bf8b9b0db8b2d7c835730bfe083739dc 9.1/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.21-0.24mdk.i586.rpm
7da367a51f5a0f11c642be2a6f6249d6 9.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm
Mandrake Linux 9.1/PPC:
ee35a54f64dc5f5d4d3f3f98e77837a7 ppc/9.1/RPMS/kernel-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.ppc.rpm
d47813ca471e45164452af47402e92eb ppc/9.1/RPMS/kernel-doc-2.4.21-0.24mdk.ppc.rpm
753c0854e112ef6d8db829279915a9bd ppc/9.1/RPMS/kernel-enterprise-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.ppc.rpm
5b59c4607068150a82a353e4fee4a329 ppc/9.1/RPMS/kernel-smp-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.ppc.rpm
22956b70bba1abe85dc859b850a966da ppc/9.1/RPMS/kernel-source-2.4.21-0.24mdk.ppc.rpm
7da367a51f5a0f11c642be2a6f6249d6 ppc/9.1/SRPMS/kernel-2.4.21.0.24mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm
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Bug IDs fixed (see https://qa.mandrakesoft.com for more information):
3615 - no acls in XFS
4059 - xconfig aborts with an error
4060 - xconfig unable to disable certain options
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To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate or urpmi. The verification
of md5 checksums and GPG signatures is performed automatically for you.
A list of FTP mirrors can be obtained from:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/ftp.php
All packages are signed by MandrakeSoft for security. You can obtain
the GPG public key of the Mandrake Linux Security Team by executing:
gpg --recv-keys --keyserver http://www.mandrakesecure.net 0x22458A98
Please be aware that sometimes it takes the mirrors a few hours to
update.
You can view other update advisories for Mandrake Linux at:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/
MandrakeSoft has several security-related mailing list services that
anyone can subscribe to. Information on these lists can be obtained by
visiting:
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/mlist.php
If you want to report vulnerabilities, please contact
security_linux-mandrake.com
Type Bits/KeyID Date User ID
pub 1024D/22458A98 2000-07-10 Linux Mandrake Security Team
<security linux-mandrake.com>
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